The University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute will receive $2.25 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Obama Administration’s effort to prevent researchers from drowning in massive amounts of information known as “big data.”
Read MoreSenator George Mitchell, former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 World Leaders Lecture Forum, sponsored by the University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center. Mitchell’s lecture, titled “Turmoil in the Middle East: Its Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy,” will be held on Thursday, April 19 at 10 a.m. in Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreTwo outstanding individuals and two organizations will be recognized by the University of Utah Office for Equity and Diversity for sustained excellence in fostering leadership and a commitment to promote and enhance equity and diversity at the U.
Read MoreA study led by a University of Utah astrophysicist found a new explanation for the growth of supermassive black holes in the center of most galaxies: they repeatedly capture and swallow single stars from pairs of stars that wander too close.
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